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Toshiba Kirabook ultrabook
Toshiba launches a new flagship benchmark-busting ultrabook called Kirabook. Premium brush magnesium metal chassis is said to be 90 percent stronger than aluminum counterparts in other models (like MacBook Air). The magnesium used is scratch-resistant and light. The Kira ultrabook weighs only 1.3kg (2.9lb). MacBook Air weighs about the same, but does not have a [...]
Asus Transformer Book convertible ultrabook
Asus bring first convertible ultrabook with extra battery, and extra spare hard drive in the keyboard dock. Transformer Book TX300 is out tomorrow May 21st starting at $1500. Asus’ first detachable ultrabook, the Transformer Book is a great option for oversized 13-inch tablet hybrid. This convertible ultrabook offers what others don’t. You’ll get a spare [...]
B&N Simple Touch eReaders get a browser
A Leaked document of upcoming update shows Simple Touch ereaders getting email, refreshed Google play store and a web browser. In response to increasing competition from Amazon and other budget tablet makers, Barnes and Nobles added Google Play Store and all Google Services. 1.5.0 OTA update scheduled for June 1st will bring web browser and [...]
Lenovo ThinkPad X230s
China launches an upgraded X230s notebook. New X230s version is lighter and slimmer. Lenovo upgrades last year’s ThinkPad X230 notebook. The new X230s notebook is only 0.7 inches (17.7mm) thick. That is quite the trim considering the X230 was full 25mm thick. The weight came down as well. From 1.5kg on X230 we go down [...]
Google I/O – What’s new?
Google I/O conference in San Francisco kicked off on Wednesday morning. The three hour packed presentation of Google’s keynote speakers revolved around Android and Chrome as two main platforms as well as new Google Cloud platform. “Our goal behind these platforms is to make sure developers can build amazing experiences,” said Sundar Pichai, senior VP [...]
NVidia Shield gaming console pre-order
The double joystick Project Shield (now just Shield) is finally ready for pre-order. NVidia Shield gaming console is equipped with quad-core Tegra 4 (ARM Cortex A-15 and 72-core graphics) processor, 5-inch touch 720p HD display of 1280 x 720 pixels. Android gamers can enjoy gaming on the go with fastest gaming console on the block [...]
Sharp Aquos Pad SH-08E and Zeta SH-06E phone
NTT DoCoMo shows off new Aquos Pad SH-08E 7-inch tablet by Sharp. The LTE capable tablet can download at speeds of 100Mbps while dipped in water or pile of dust. Sharp is also coming in with a flagship quad-core 1080p phone called Aquos Zeta SH-06E. The Sharp Aquos Pad SH-08E tablet sports 7-inch IGZO display [...]
Asus’ FonePad Big Ass Phone gets Upgraded
The 7-inch phone doubles storage, and upgrades the processor. Asus announced the upgrade in Taiwan today. The insufficient 16GB of built-in storage is upped to 32GB. The microSD card slot for more storage remains. 1.2GHz Intel Atom Z2420 chip gets upgraded to 1.6GHz Atom Z2460 processor. The price of $360 should stay the same, while [...]
Panasonic’s new ELUGA P-03E with air gestures!
Panasonic launches a new quad-core 1080p ELUGA P-03E smartphone featuring 2GB of RAM, 13.4-megapixel camera and Touch Assist touch-less Air Gestures. Much like what we have seen on newly released Samsung Galaxy S IV, the Air Gestures work well on new ELUGA P-03E smartphone Panasonic had just unveiled in Japan. The proximity sensor detects your [...]
BBC iPlayer launches on windows phone 8
Now you can watch and listen BBC TV on windows phone 8 devices. BBC iPlayer, the super popular player we saw in android and iOS devices has finally made it to windows phone 8 platform. The player links to BBC mobile site via BBC Media Player App. BBC Media Player App and iPlayer are linked [...]
Samsung Galaxy S IV Google Edition
Google Edition of Galaxy S IV is rumored to be introduced at Google I/O this morning. On Google’s three hour keynote of Google I/O in San Francisco, we may hear of new Google Edition of freshly released Samsung Galaxy S IV handset. The many variations of Galaxy S IV that Samsung pushes out depending on [...]
Google I/O 2013 starts today – what to look forward to
Google’s biggest event of the year, the Google I/O, starts at 9AM in San Francisco. The developer’s heaven will also reveal thing or two on Google Glass, Nexus hardware and Google updates. Google is much more than just a search company. It offers services that all of us need on daily basis. Whether you’re a [...]
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini rumors
Samsung has already hinted that there’ll be Galaxy S IV mini later this year. There will be improvements and some disappointments with the new handset, so perhaps we should look at Galaxy S IV mini not as a replacement of Galaxy S III mini, but rather an addition to already wide array of smartphones from [...]
UK gets Raspberry Pi camera first
Sale of Raspberry Pi camera module kicks off today. The camera measures 25mm x 20mm x 9mm and can easily be installed in your Raspberry Pi board. For instructions on how to do this, please see the video. The 5 megapixel camera takes still pictures of 2,592 x 1,944 pixels and shoots 1,080p videos at [...]
Nokia Lumia 925 – first look
Nokia launches new metal Lumia 925 to replace polycarbonate Lumia 920. New windows phone features metal casing acting like an antenna. The new Lumia 925 is slimmer than its predecessor and weighs less. The same 2000 mAh battery shows improvements as well. The PureView 8.7 megapixel f2.0 camera features Smart Camera mode shooting ten pics [...]
Facebook phone now sells at 99.72% OFF after just 1 month
First HTC Facebook collaboration isn’t screaming success as their first phone goes on sale for just 99 cents on a two-year contract. The initial price was $350 just a month ago. This makes it a 99.72 percent discount. Month ago we reported on HTC First Facebook phone featuring Facebook as its home page. AT&T adopted [...]
Sony’s 13.3-inch “Digital Paper” terminal
Sony is taking part in “digitization of paper” movement to stop cutting down the trees and replacing the papers in schools with ereaders. Sony launches a (A4) digital flexible electronic paper terminal. The 6.8mm thin ereader weighs only 358g and measures 233 × 310 × 6.8mm. It will feature a 13.3-inch 16-level gray scale touch [...]
Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
Samsung is rumored to launch another Galaxy S4 iteration called Active. Active S IV is to be water-proof, dust-proof and stress resistant. Bluetooth Bluetooth Special Interest Group lists the new rugged S IV as model GT-I9295. The specs are to be similar including 5-inch Super AMOLED display of 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution. Where it [...]
